<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-refs-postgame-rant-bulls-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown goes off on refs in fiery postgame rant after Bulls game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jaylen-Brown-goes-off-on-refs-in-fiery-postgame-rant-after-Bulls-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown goes off on refs in fiery postgame rant after Bulls game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T20:40:09-08:00">December 19th, 8:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T20:40:09-08:00">December 19th, 8:40pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics were outplayed by the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night, with Chicago using a potent three-point attack and a strong late-game push to secure a 117-108 victory at TD Garden. However, the game itself became secondary as tensions flared in the closing moments, with the Celtics accumulating three technical fouls in the final minutes.</p><p>“You can’t threaten a guy with a tech…I think it’s bull****,” said the Celtics forward.</p><h2><b>Jaylen Brown putting the officiating crew on blast</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Celtics-Jaylen-Brown-defending-a-Bulls-guard.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Brown provided a detailed explanation during his post-game press conference.</p><p>“Here’s the thing. You get fined. I got fined a couple of weeks ago for inadvertent gestures… But what part of the game is a ref calling an inadvertent technical foul? Isaid to him, ‘You called a tech for no reason.’ He said, ‘If you say it to me again, I’m gonna call another tech.’ ‘You called the tech for no reason.’ Then he called the tech. Like, man, get out of here. You can’t threaten guys with a technical foul. That’s not part of the game, either.” said the irate Jaylen Brown.</p><p>“You want to fine people for gestures and all this stuff, fine that. This is some b*******. We were down three at the time at the jump ball and that led to us being down eight and that affects the game. That could have been avoided. Joe didn’t say anything to deserve a tech,” he continued.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown went off on the refs and the double standard of his fine against the Pistons and the officials’ actions tonight:</p><p>“You can’t threaten a guy with a tech…I think it’s bull****.” <a href="https://t.co/Fh10UTFgFD">pic.twitter.com/Fh10UTFgFD</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1869947286706368893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown’s <a href="https://www.twitter.com/danield1214/status/1869947286706368893" rel="noopener">frustration stemmed from</a> his belief that he should have been the one involved in the jump ball with Ayo Dosunmu. However, referee Justin Van Duyne clarified that it was actually Payton Pritchard who would take part in the jump ball.</p><h2><b>A series of unfortunate events for the Celtics</b></h2><p>This prompted Brown to voice his dissatisfaction. The play occurred right in front of the Celtics’ bench, which explains why <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-joe-mazzulla-blame-nba-ratings-dip-but-he-asks-key-question">Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla</a> was close by and received a technical foul for stepping onto the court, as he explained.</p><p>The game took a turn after the controversial technical fouls. Zach LaVine converted both free throws, and following the Bulls’ win on the jump ball, LaVine drilled a three-pointer. What was once a three-point deficit quickly expanded to eight. The Celtics lost their rhythm and never posed a serious challenge to the Bulls for the rest of the quarter.</p><p>To make matters worse, Jayson Tatum also received a technical foul with 3:10 remaining, marking the Celtics’ third in just a few minutes. The Celtics struggled defensively in the fourth quarter, allowing 35 points and letting missed shots affect their play, leading to a lot of frustration.</p><p>After the game, Mazzulla rushed back onto the court to confront the officials. He had to be restrained by assistants Sam Cassell and Tony Dobbins as he attempted to shout at the referees. The Celtics will aim to rebound as they face the Bulls again at 8 p.m. Saturday, but this time, the game will take place in Chicago.</p><p>“So when I tell you, ‘You just called a tech for no reason,’ and you say, ‘If you say it again, I call another tech.’ Then I say it again, and you call a tech. You just threatened your whistle as a threat. Like, that’s not a part of the game either. And I think it’s b*******.” Brown concluded.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown goes off on refs in fiery postgame rant after Bulls game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/thunder-news-jeff-teague-bold-jalen-williamsgood-jaylen-brown-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jeff Teague makes bold Jalen Williams, Jaylen Brown claim');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Thunder-news-Jeff-Teague-makes-bold-Jalen-Williams-as-good-as-Jaylen-Brown-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Jeff Teague makes bold Jalen Williams, Jaylen Brown claim</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-14T06:44:48-08:00">December 14th, 6:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-14T06:46:58-08:00">December 14th, 6:46am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-jalen-williams-striving-better-despite-impressive-campaign">Jalen Williams’ ascension</a> has been a fun one to watch for Oklahoma City Thunder fans, but how good really is the third-year OKC player? Well, former NBA player Jeff Teague is willing to say he is on the same level as NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown.</p><p>Teague, in praising Williams, compared the Santa Clara product to Brown <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuonybEG_pM&amp;t=419s" rel="noopener">before taking it a</a> step further.</p><p>“I think Jalen Williams is a premiere player in the league,” Teague said on his ‘Club 520’ podcast. “I compare him to a JB kind of player, Jaylen Brown, I think they’re very similar. Both can attack the basket really well, capable 3-point shooters, good defenders. I compare them two. I think he’s a young Jaylen Brown.”</p><p>When Teague’s co-host Bishop Henn tried to clarify that Teague was not saying Williams is currently as good as Brown, Teague corrected him.</p><p>“S–t, he is. I’m saying he is,” Teague said. “Why not? Go check the stats … You put Jalen Williams on the Celtics right now, it’s going to be the same s–t.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>That’s about as high of praise as one could give to Williams considering Brown was instrumental in helping Boston win the NBA Championship just six months ago.</p><h2><b>Jalen Williams vs. Jaylen Brown stats comparison</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Thunder-forward-Jalen-Williams-Thunder-center-Isaiah-Hartenstein.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Is there validity to Teague’s comparison? The stats would seem to say so.</p><p>About a quarter way through this season, Williams and Brown average the same number of points per 36 minutes (24.6) on a nearly identical number of field goal attempts. The players’ shot diets are slightly different; Brown, in the Celtics’ five-out offense, shoots more threes than Williams, who is more efficient (59.4% TS vs. 55.7%) but does not shoot as many perimeter shots or get to the free-throw line as often as Brown. Williams is also a slightly better rebounder and passer, and his steals per 36 ranks in the top 10 in the league.</p><p>Both Brown and Williams are also the second options for their respective teams; Brown plays alongside Jayson Tatum, who has the seventh-highest usage rate this season, while Williams plays with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who ranks third in usage this season.</p><p>The key difference between their teams, though, is the Celtics’ offensive depth. This year, six Boston players are averaging at least 12.6 points, including Kristaps Porzingis, who is averaging 20.3 points in six games after missing the start of the season. The Thunder, on the other hand, are much more reliant on the offensive production and creation of Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams; only those two and Chet Holmgren, who is currently out with a hip injury, are averaging more than 12 points per game.</p><p>Either way, the results have been ideal for both teams, as Boston is 20-5 and second in the Eastern Conference, while Oklahoma City is 19-5 and atop the West.</p><p>Williams and the Thunder will meet the Celtics for the first time this season on Jan. 5 in Oklahoma City.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jeff Teague makes bold Jalen Williams, Jaylen Brown claim

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-approach-improving-until-i-die-mindset');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s approach to improving starts with ‘until I die’ mindset');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Celtics-star-Jaylen-Browns-approach-to-improving-starts-with-until-I-die-mindset.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s approach to improving starts with ‘until I die’ mindset</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-11T12:42:28-08:00">December 11th, 12:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-11T12:44:58-08:00">December 11th, 12:44pm</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown is coming off <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-drops-honest-admission-amid-wild-summer">the best basketball season of his life</a>. He became an All-Star for the third time in his impressive career, won his first championship, and was crowned the 2024 NBA Finals MVP. None of these accolades have stopped the 28-year-old <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-celtics-motivated-mindset-2024-nba-finals">from improving his game every day</a>.</p><p>At practice on Wednesday morning, Brown <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1866876570419536047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1866876570419536047%7Ctwgr%5E6627b8aac1ffc8f9c48cdfb7933983539fb679bc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.clutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D3162253action%3Dedit" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> that he never wants to succumb to stagnation.</p><p>“I’m just trying to improve in all facets of my game, just all my weaknesses,” he stated. “Keep getting better and better. My playmaking, my defense. I don’t know, maybe there are some other players who don’t really improve, but that’s not me. I’m gonna keep getting better until I die.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on improving his free throws and every other aspect of his game:</p><p>“I’m gonna keep getting better, until I die” <a href="https://t.co/LibUQD9ccx">pic.twitter.com/LibUQD9ccx</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1866876570419536047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown’s recent numbers prove his point. Despite all his success last season, free throws were a weakness for the Georgia native. He converted on 70.3% of his attempts at the free throw line, his worst rate since the 2018-19 regular season. To start the 2024-25 campaign, Brown is shooting 76.2% from the charity stripe, which is just shy of his career-high of 76.5%.</p><p>That personal best is from a larger sample size too, as Brown has been fouled by opposing defenses more than ever. The 2024 NBA champion is averaging a career-high 6.6 free throw attempts through 19 games and believes his physicality is responsible for the increase.</p><p>“I’m stronger. I’m more physical. I’m faster. I’ve been using my body. I’ve been screening better … So that’s led to me shooting a lot more free throws,” Brown explained. “We have a lot of 3-point shooters on our team, so I try to be the guy that’s getting into the paint, getting a paint touch before we get those threes.”</p><h2><b>How else has Celtics star Jaylen Brown improved his game?</b></h2><p>Free throws aside, Brown has tried to improve in every statistical category. The ninth-year Celtic is playing a career-high 36.1 minutes per outing while putting up 25 points, six rebounds, and 4.6 assists on average. All of those aforementioned outputs are up from last season when Brown averaged 33.5 minutes, 23 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on his playmaking and how he’s “attacked his weaknesses” and grown as a passer: <a href="https://t.co/Hep3SfKoRz">pic.twitter.com/Hep3SfKoRz</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1864515346016715036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The only real area Brown has yet to upgrade is efficiency. The three-time All-Star is shooting a career-low 44.5% from the floor, however, he’s confident his shooting slump will fade. And, more importantly, he thinks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-eye-opening-take-payton-pritchard-take-over">his value to the star-studded Celtics</a> is more centered around defense and leadership than scoring.</p><p>“With a team like this, that we have … we’re gonna find ways to put the ball in the basket,” Brown emphasized. “My job is to lead my team so we get the best out of ourselves every night. A lot of times, for me, that’s on defense. I feel like I can score the ball, but I don’t think that’s exactly what this team needs.”</p><p>Boston currently has six players averaging 12 points or more on the season. The 19-5 Celtics also have the third-most points per game in the league and the second-highest offensive rating. Scoring isn’t a problem for the C’s so it’s integral that stars like Brown do more than just that.</p><p>“When your best players are the best defenders it sets a tone for your team and your locker room defensively,” Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said of Brown after a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-joe-mazzulla-reveals-area-jaylen-brown-dominated-timberwolves">late November win over the Minnesota Timberwolves</a>. “He takes pride in individual matchups.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown’s defense on Dame. 🔒</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/a3PHpVVCJH">pic.twitter.com/a3PHpVVCJH</a></p><p>— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1865208494087193015?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Whether he’s guarding Timberwolves rising superstar Anthony Edwards or locking up Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard, Brown looks forward to defending the best opposing player. His undying dedication to doing Boston’s dirty work and constantly honing his skills shows why he’s the reigning Finals MVP.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s approach to improving starts with ‘until I die’ mindset

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-still-considers-marcus-smart-family-grizzlies-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Celtics’ Jaylen Brown still considers Marcus Smart ‘family’ after Grizzlies loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Celtics-news-Why-Jaylen-Brown-still-considers-Marcus-Smart-family-after-Grizzlies-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Celtics’ Jaylen Brown still considers Marcus Smart ‘family’ after Grizzlies loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-08T08:57:59-08:00">December 8th, 8:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-08T08:57:59-08:00">December 8th, 8:57am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Memphis Grizzlies point guard Marcus Smart hasn’t been with the Boston Celtics for over a year. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-marcus-smarts-great-trade-admission-will-catch-celtics-fans-attention">The offseason trade</a> that sent the nine-year Celtic out of Beantown in 2023 shocked fans and players, yet Smart’s departure never changed the fact that he is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-why-jayson-tatum-believes-marcus-smart-celtic-life">still family in the eyes of the Celtics</a> and their fans.</p><p>On Saturday night, Celtics fans welcomed one of their favorite “relatives” back with a standing ovation. Although it was not Smart’s first official game in Boston as part of another franchise, it did feature his first on-court action against his former team. The 2022 Defensive Player of the Year was injured for each of the Grizzlies’ meetings with the C’s last season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The most cheers you’ll ever hear for an opposing player at TD Garden, as Smart takes the court <a href="https://t.co/bMiRTYcynv">pic.twitter.com/bMiRTYcynv</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1865566168636866865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Celtics star Jaylen Brown, who spent the first seven years of his NBA career alongside Smart, enjoyed seeing his close friend. However, he had to admit that it was an odd feeling going up against somebody he battled alongside for almost a decade.</p><p>“It was weird,” Jaylen Brown told reporters in his postgame press conference. “But, it was great. Marcus is a family member at this point. So to be able to see him and congratulate him on starting his family and stuff off the court is amazing. All that stuff is good. It is definitely good to see him.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on finally playing against Marcus Smart:</p><p>“It’s weird. But it was great. Marcus is a family member at this point.” <a href="https://t.co/0fdoN8YSMY">pic.twitter.com/0fdoN8YSMY</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1865609916385276041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Smart’s wife, Maisa, and baby boy, Zayn, were present at TD Garden for the highly-anticipated homecoming. While Smart would have liked to play better, finishing with just three points and two turnovers in 19 minutes, his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-goes-viral-reverse-dunk-on-celtics-kristaps-porzingis">Grizzlies upset the reigning champion Celtics, 127-121</a>.</p><p>And most importantly, Smart <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5977435/2024/12/08/marcus-smart-celtics-grizzlies-son/" rel="noopener">had his son be a part of</a> one of the most special moments of his 11-year career, per Jay King of <i>The Athletic</i>.</p><p>“One day, he can understand,” Smart said. “He can see the impact his dad had on the city and on the team where he started his journey.”</p><h2><b>How Marcus Smart left his mark on Jaylen Brown and the Celtics</b></h2><p>There’s no question Smart is beloved in Boston and has a lingering impact on a place that appreciates hustle and effort as much as stellar shot-making.</p><p>Even though <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-marcus-smart-breaks-silence-boston-winning-title-without-him">Smart never won a title in the championship-obsessed city</a>, his influence was apparent on the backs of Celtics fans, as there were dozens of folks wearing jerseys that donned Smart’s name at TD Garden on Saturday night. It was also evident in Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla’s pregame presser.</p><p>“There’s a lot of people who have worked in this organization for a long time who haven’t won and I always say the people who have moved the Celtics forward is what makes this job what it is,” he stated. “Even before I got here, [Smart] just put his mark on the city. The way the fans respond to him, the way his teammates care about him. Just how hard he plays every night.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joe Mazzulla on Marcus Smart and what he’s done for the Celtics:</p><p>“Even before I got here, he left his mark on this city.” <a href="https://t.co/0kZo1Idufj">pic.twitter.com/0kZo1Idufj</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1865536684982514062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It is a rarity to see Celtics fans support opposing players. But, when Smart drained a 3-pointer against the team he previously went to war for, there were no boos or groans from the crowd. If anything, it was a subtle sign that the Texas native will always have a second home in Boston.</p><p>“You all know how much he means to this city, to this franchise,” Celtics star Jayson Tatum asserted on Friday. “Ultimate Celtic, he’ll always be a Celtic for life.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Celtics’ Jaylen Brown still considers Marcus Smart ‘family’ after Grizzlies loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-fined-25000-taunting-pistons-isaiah-stewart');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 for taunting Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Brown-fined-25000-for-taunting-Pistons-Isaiah-Stewart.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 for taunting Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-06T12:37:58-08:00">December 6th, 12:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-06T12:37:58-08:00">December 6th, 12:37pm</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — On Wednesday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-fearless-reaction-pistons-physicality">Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown sent a message</a> to Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart. After dunking on the Pistons enforcer late in the first quarter, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-grabs-attention-vicious-gesture-posterizing-isaiah-stewart">Brown made a throat-slash gesture</a>, reminding his opponent that he’s cutthroat at the rim. This reminder cost Brown $25,000, as the NBA fined him for the “inappropriate gesture” on Friday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The league has fined Jaylen Brown $25,000 "for making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court," per<a href="https://twitter.com/NBAPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBAPR</a>.</p><p>Which was a throat-slash gesture towards Isaiah Stewart at the end of the win over the Pistons. <a href="https://t.co/LmiecQYAk3">pic.twitter.com/LmiecQYAk3</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1865097116969807961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown and the Celtics still got the last laugh. They earned their 11th straight victory versus the Pistons in the 130-120 win and improved to 18-4 on the season. The reigning NBA Finals MVP finished with a game-high 28 points and added nine assists, six rebounds, and three steals.</p><p>The two-handed slam over Stewart was just one example of Brown’s relentless rim attacks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JAYLEN CAUGHT A BODY.</p><p>That celebration is TOUGH too <a href="https://t.co/JDKVOgdo07">pic.twitter.com/JDKVOgdo07</a></p><p>— Pull up shoot  (@NElGHT_) <a href="https://twitter.com/NElGHT_/status/1864477724007375055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>During his postgame press conference, Brown revealed that he expected a fine in the coming days. The three-time All-Star had a straightforward response when asked if the NBA would punish him.</p><p>“Oh yeah,” he said with a nod.</p><p>As the Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association, Brown knows how the league operates with fines. He explained how he simply got lost “in the moment” after his poster dunk.</p><p>“Just caught up in the moment, I guess. Big play,” Brown described. “I think that the NBA and the [Players Association] are sensitive about the gestures and things like that so, gotta be mindful of that.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is Jaylen Brown expecting to hear from the league after his throat slash celebration?</p><p>“Oh yeah.” <a href="https://t.co/w5wIqmaOD6">pic.twitter.com/w5wIqmaOD6</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1864516196051091891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How have Jaylen Brown and the Celtics fared to start the 2024-25 NBA season?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jaylen-Brown-7.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Fine aside, Brown and the C’s are enjoying their 2024-25 campaign. The Georgia native is averaging 25.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and a career-high 4.6 assists per outing through 17 games. Although Brown has not been as efficient with his shot-making, his early numbers are enough to uplift <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-celtics-superteam-comment-viral">an already talented Celtics team</a>.</p><p>Last season, the Green Team went 17-5 through 22 contests before eventually dominating in the 2024 NBA Playoffs and winning it all. Boston was 64-18 in the regular season and posted a stellar 16-3 postseason record.</p><p>This season, the Celtics are off to an even stronger start, which is particularly impressive because they’ve only had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-immediate-reaction-first-game-back-injury">starting center Kristaps Porzingis back in the lineup</a> for four games. The 18-4 C’s find themselves in second place in the Eastern Conference despite rolling out their true starting five—featuring Brown, Porzingis, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Jrue Holiday—just two times in 22 games.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kristaps Porzingis on Jaylen Brown’s improvements and his overall play:</p><p>“He’s an animal, not gonna lie.” <a href="https://t.co/lT6zMgrp1V">pic.twitter.com/lT6zMgrp1V</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1864518656123625637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Up next for Brown and company is a tough back-to-back set with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Memphis Grizzlies. Both of their upcoming opponents are top-five in their respective conferences and while the Celtics have already defeated the Bucks twice this season, Friday night should mark the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-khris-middleton-expected-to-play-vs-celtics">return of Milwaukee’s three-time All-Star Khris Middleton</a>.</p><p>Saturday evening might feature a notable return as well. Former Celtics point guard Marcus Smart could play against his old squad for the first time since being traded in 2023. There was a homecoming opportunity in early 2024 when the Grizzlies visited Beantown, yet the nine-year Celtic was injured and sidelined for the 40-point loss. Boston has six straight wins over Memphis and Smart’s new crew is hoping to snap that streak.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jayson Tatum has never lost to Memphis in his NBA career. The Grizzlies are eager to change that, per <a href="https://twitter.com/DamichaelC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DamichaelC</a></p><p>“S*** got to end,” Desmond Bane said.</p><p>“We want to have Marcus [Smart’s] back and go up there and get the win,” Scotty Pippen Jr. said.</p><p>Saturday should be fun 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/UETd5kfbCI">pic.twitter.com/UETd5kfbCI</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1865114840743686230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Prior to that potential reunion, the Celtics will attempt to sweep the season series with the Bucks for the first time since the 2011-12 season. Celtics-Bucks begins at 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jaylen Brown fined $25,000 for taunting Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-fearless-reaction-pistons-physicality');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown’s fearless reaction to Pistons’ physicality');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Browns-fearless-reaction-to-Pistons-physicality.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown’s fearless reaction to Pistons’ physicality</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-05T04:44:29-08:00">December 5th, 4:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-05T04:44:29-08:00">December 5th, 4:44am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — The Boston <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-eye-opening-take-payton-pritchard-take-over">Celtics’ talent can be overwhelming.</a> Therefore, opposing teams often meet Boston’s star power with increased physicality. That was the case on Wednesday night versus the Detroit Pistons, but the Celtics refused to be daunted and triumphed 130-120, improving to 18-4 on the season.</p><p>Before the end of the first quarter of the double-digit win, Celtics star Jaylen Brown greeted Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart at the rim with a ferocious, two-hand slam. Immediately after his dunk on Stewart, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-grabs-attention-vicious-gesture-posterizing-isaiah-stewart">Brown made a throat-slash gesture</a>, sending a clear message to the Pistons enforcer.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JAYLEN CAUGHT A BODY.</p><p>That celebration is TOUGH too <a href="https://t.co/JDKVOgdo07">pic.twitter.com/JDKVOgdo07</a></p><p>— Pull up shoot  (@NElGHT_) <a href="https://twitter.com/NElGHT_/status/1864477724007375055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Stewart, also known as “Beef Stew,” is known for his intense, physical play. And he wasn’t going to forget Brown’s celebration.</p><p>With 3:32 remaining in the second quarter, Brown and Stewart waited under the rim for a rebound, yet Celtics guard Derrick White ended up draining his shot from 3-point land. That didn’t stop Stewart from shoving Brown under the basket and <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&amp;CFPARAMS=&amp;GameEventID=283&amp;GameID=0022400319&amp;Season=2024-25&amp;flag=1&amp;title=White%2029%27%203PT%20Jump%20Shot%20(11%20PTS)%20(Porzi%C5%86%C4%A3is%202%20AST)" rel="noopener">sending him into the crowd</a>.</p><p>Once the Eastern Conference contest wrapped up, Brown stated that fighting with Stewart was far from a priority. However, he emphasized that the Celtics aren’t afraid of in-game aggression.</p><p>“I feel like he’s always doing stuff like that. That’s how he plays the game,” Brown said of Stewart’s shove. “My focus was on coming out, running the offense, and getting our team into the right positions. So I didn’t want to get distracted, but definitely some going back and forth. And we not tolerating that this year, from nobody.”</p><p>Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis embodied that fearlessness in the fourth quarter, as he got tangled up with Stewart and grabbed his jersey. They both received technical fouls for the close encounter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some of that tension has transferred to Isaiah Stewart and Kristaps Porzingis, both of whom were called for a tech <a href="https://t.co/VFGYgp4zKg">https://t.co/VFGYgp4zKg</a> <a href="https://t.co/k45rAVNK5R">pic.twitter.com/k45rAVNK5R</a></p><p>— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoaDalzell/status/1864502048412086444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How Jaylen Brown and the Celtics outlasted the Pistons</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jaylen-Brown-6.jpg"><figcaption>Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>More importantly, Boston backed up its physicality and survived Detroit’s second-half push. When the Pistons cut the Celtics’ 20-point lead down to five with a minute to go in the fourth quarter, bench guard Payton Pritchard responded with a clutch 3-pointer 15 seconds later. The Celtics had a counter for all of the Pistons’ punches, and Brown was a big reason why.</p><p>The reigning NBA Finals MVP finished with 28 points, nine assists, six rebounds, and three steals in 38 minutes. With fellow <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-playing-pistons-injury-update">Celtics star Jayson Tatum sidelined with a knee injury</a>, Brown took over as Boston’s go-to guy. Porzingis thought <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-browns-hilarious-response-kristaps-porzingis-return">his “Cookies and Cream” counterpart</a> more than delivered in his primary role.</p><p>“When [Brown is] engaged like this, he’s one of the best players in the league, in my opinion,” Porzingis complimented during his postgame presser. “What we love about him is he’s going to make the right play and he’s gonna give the team what they need in the moment.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“When he’s engaged like this he’s one of the best players in the league, in my opinion.”</p><p>Kristaps Porzingis gives his props to Jaylen Brown for being locked in 🔒 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danield1214</a>) <a href="https://t.co/QzE5iHdV6a">pic.twitter.com/QzE5iHdV6a</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1864527458420314278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Pistons tried to make life difficult for Brown whenever he drove to the basket. As a result, he had a game-high 11 free throw attempts, his second-most of the 2024-25 season. He converted on seven of those shots from the charity stripe and never backed down from Detroit’s tough defense, which Porzingis commended.</p><p>“He was exerting a lot of energy just to get downhill and, of course, they’re trying to be physical. But his physicality, his motor, it’s like he’s an animal, not gonna lie,” Porzingis described. “He’s JB. We almost expect this from him. But he’s really, really good.”</p><p>Brown and company will look to bring that same energy into their Friday night showdown with the 11-10 Milwaukee Bucks. The last time the C’s and Bucks faced off, Milwaukee’s franchise cornerstone, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-trolls-jaylen-brown-after-elbow">Giannis Antetokounmpo, elbowed Brown</a>, causing a chippy back-and-forth <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-responds-jaylen-brown-child-diss">and some harsh words</a> as well. That animosity could resurface when the Celtics attempt to sweep the season series with the Bucks for the first time in 12 years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown’s fearless reaction to Pistons’ physicality

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-grabs-attention-vicious-gesture-posterizing-isaiah-stewart');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown grabs attention with vicious gesture after posterizing Isaiah Stewart');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jaylen-Brown-grabs-attention-with-vicious-gesture-after-posterizing-Isaiah-Stewart.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown grabs attention with vicious gesture after posterizing Isaiah Stewart</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T18:51:17-08:00">December 4th, 6:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T18:53:46-08:00">December 4th, 6:53pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaylen Brown has always played with a fire, but he has undergone a metamorphosis over the last several months. The All-Star Boston Celtics guard continues to carry a huge chip on his shoulder, determined to keep defying expectations and leave an indelible mark on the game of basketball. When he is on the court, no one is safe from his fury.</p><p>During Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Pistons, Brown operated with a unique intensity. He dunked on physical forward Isaiah Stewart, giving the fans inside TD Garden a mental poster to take home with them. Though, it is what the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-secures-nba-finals-mvp-vs-mavericks">2024 NBA Finals MVP</a> did after the emphatic jam that made the strongest impression on people.</p><p>He <a href="https://x.com/celtsallday_/status/1864477990085661047" rel="noopener">stared into the eyes</a> of Stewart and acted out the throat slash celebration. This man is not messing around.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JAYLEN. BROWN. CAUGHT. A. BODY. 💪 <a href="https://t.co/VdA3Lke8P2">pic.twitter.com/VdA3Lke8P2</a></p><p>— CeltsAllDay (@celtsallday_) <a href="https://twitter.com/celtsallday_/status/1864477990085661047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown has the people talking</b></h2><p>The 28-year-old’s display is probably on the NBA’s radar by now. “Jaylen Brown just posterized Isaiah Stewart, stared him down, and did a throat slash,” Jared Weiss of The Athletic <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1864477604402639074" rel="noopener">posted on X</a>. “That’s gonna be a fine from the league.” Fans are not treating their guy any differently, though. “Jaylen Brown gave a post dunk throat slash right in front of {official} Scott Foster and lived to tell about it,” Celtics-centric podcast Chuddy’s Corner <a href="https://x.com/ChuddysCorner/status/1864478212484378771" rel="noopener">said</a>. “{GOAT} stuff.”</p><p>It has been said to excess already, but United States Basketball should have tried harder not to cross either Brown or Jayson Tatum during the Olympics. The thought of the reigning champion Celtics engaging in a revenge tour should be terrifying to the rest of the hoops world.</p><p>The 9-14 Pistons are unfortunately just collateral damage. Few non-Detroit fans are likely to feel much sympathy for Stewart, though. The controversial enforcer-type was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-isaiah-stewart-arrested-after-drew-eubanks-altercation-before-suns-game">arrested for punching Drew Eubanks</a> in February (charges were dropped), so hopefully he does not take Brown’s boasting to heart.</p><p>Based on how this matchup is going, however, all Stewart and the Pistons can do is give the former California Golden Bears star his due. Brown scored 23 points in the first half and is averaging 25.0 on the season. His shooting percentage is far below where it needs to be (just under 43 percent entering Wednesday’s contest), but he is impacting the action with his reliable defense and solid rebounding and playmaking skills (6.4 boards and 4.3 assists per game).</p><p>If and when Brown does reach his top form, the Celtics should somehow become even more intimidating. Boston defeated Detroit, 130-120. The carnage continues.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown grabs attention with vicious gesture after posterizing Isaiah Stewart

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-eye-opening-take-payton-pritchard-take-over');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s eye-opening take on letting Payton Pritchard take over');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jaylen-Browns-eye-opening-take-on-letting-Payton-Pritchard-take-over.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s eye-opening take on letting Payton Pritchard take over</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T19:12:02-08:00">December 3rd, 7:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T19:12:02-08:00">December 3rd, 7:12pm</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — It’s almost unheard of to see a reigning NBA Finals MVP defer to a bench player on offense. However, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-kyrie-irving-celtics-superteam-comment-viral">Boston Celtics boast such an embarrassment of riches</a> that this exact scenario occurred with star Jaylen Brown and backup point guard Payton Pritchard on Monday night during the Green Team’s 108-89 victory over the Miami Heat.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-payton-pritchard-award-winning-take-jayson-tatum">Pritchard is undoubtedly playing the best basketball</a> of his NBA career to start the 2024-25 regular season. Through 21 games, he’s averaged a career-high 16.4 points while shooting an incredible 48.9% from the field. The Oregon native has notched at least 20 points in four-straight games and even earned a nomination for Eastern Conference Player of the Week for his play from November 25th to December 1st.</p><p>Against Miami, Pritchard finished with 25 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block in 33 minutes. The former first-round pick had the highest plus-minus rating (plus-16) of any bench player on Monday and outscored every Heat starter. Numbers like those help explain why a three-time All-Star trusts Pritchard whenever he has the ball.</p><p>“[Pritchard has] definitely been expanding his game and I love to see it,” Brown told reporters during his postgame presser. “I said before the season started that we play through Payton against certain teams and matchups. Now I don’t think anybody thinks anything of that comment. We’re gonna continue to do that, continue to look for him to get going because he’s proven that it don’t even matter—it’s any team now.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Celtics star Jaylen Brown on Payton Pritchard wearing his 741 shoes and Payton's career year:</p><p>"He's been in my bag, man, for sure. He got my shoes on. I'm gonna have to take my joints back. He definitely has the up-fakes, the post moves, he's definitely been expanding his game… <a href="https://t.co/doWbghusFb">pic.twitter.com/doWbghusFb</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1863988931592950136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Why Celtics star Jaylen Brown respects Payton Pritchard’s abilities</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Whether it’s an undermanned Heat squad or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-payton-pritchard-reason-cavs-kenny-atkinson-strayed-philosophy">the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, Pritchard can put on a show against any opponent. His confidence is palpable, yet his work off the court is arguably the main reason Boston’s brightest stars believe in his game.</p><p>“He’s put in the work to garner people’s respect. Payton’s a gym rat. He’s always in the gym working on his game,” Brown complimented. “So he’s earned the respect to be able to do other things because of how good he has been all season long in his role. And I encourage it. On the court, when he’s got it going, I take my butt to the corner and Payton’s running the show.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Payton Pritchard does it again <a href="https://t.co/7jPAd4w4P1">pic.twitter.com/7jPAd4w4P1</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1863769460378570770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although Brown’s resume exceeds Pritchard’s (and a large chunk of the NBA), he is more than willing to respect the hot hand and let Pritchard take over when the time is right. That sacrifice speaks to the Finals MVP’s maturity and the Celtics’ remarkable depth.</p><p>“You gotta have that ability throughout the year to have a group that knows on any given night you can be the first option, you can be the fifth option, depending on who’s doing what on our team,” Brown said. “Offensively, any given night it could be whoever.”</p><p>While Pritchard impressed the TD Garden crowd with his efficiency, Brown still had a game-high 29 points in 31 minutes. The 28-year-old shot under 40% on the evening, but still wanted credit for his hand in Pritchard’s performance.</p><p>“He’s been in my bag, man, for sure. He got my shoes on. I’m gonna have to take my joints back,” Brown joked. “He definitely has the up-fakes, the post moves.”</p><p>For much of the season, Pritchard has worn the 741 Rover shoes, which are part of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-makes-bold-sneaker-business-move-before-2024-25-season">Brown’s self-made 741 Performance brand</a>. On Tuesday, Brown posted his teammate’s impressive stats while donning his new kicks:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">As Jaylen Brown said, “It must be the shoes.”</p><p>I think JB posted Payton Pritchard’s stats while wearing his 741 Performance shoes.</p><p>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/FCHWPO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FCHWPO</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/741Performance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@741Performance</a> on IG) <a href="https://t.co/95kYr1uDI9">pic.twitter.com/95kYr1uDI9</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1864012663950295089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>No matter what Pritchard has on his feet, he is an asset for the 17-4 Celtics. Brown and company recognize that, and they’re hopeful the bench guard still hasn’t reached his ceiling.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s eye-opening take on letting Payton Pritchard take over

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/check-out-jaylen-browns-incredible-175k-car-collection-with-photos');   ga('set', 'title', 'Check out Jaylen Brown’s incredible $175K car collection, with photos');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Check-out-Jaylen-Browns-incredible-175K-car-collection-with-photos.jpg"></figure><h1>Check out Jaylen Brown’s incredible $175K car collection, with photos</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T10:07:14-08:00">December 3rd, 10:07am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T10:07:14-08:00">December 3rd, 10:07am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaylen Brown has an incredible car collection. Brown is a reigning NBA champion after leading the Boston Celtics to its 18th championship banner, with him as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-explains-shocked-reaction-to-winning-finals-mvp">the 2024 NBA Finals MVP</a>. The Celtics star ultimately put his doubters to rest after he raised eyebrows for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-contract-extension-hidden-detail">bagging the largest contract in NBA history</a>.</p><p>However, it’s worth noting that Brown has found himself in the middle of a series of controversies as of late. From being omitted from the Team USA squad bound for the Paris Olympics to his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-bronny-james-diss-response-rich-paul">choice of words about Bronny James</a>, Brown has quickly become one of the most polarizing figures in the NBA.</p><p>Given Brown’s accomplishments as of late, have you ever wondered what kind of cars he drives? Well, wonder no more. This article features Jaylen Brown’s incredible $175K car collection, with photos.</p><p>According to Celebrity Net Worth, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jaylen-brown-net-worth">Brown has a net worth</a> of around $80 million. His large net worth stems from signing the richest deal in NBA history. With a lucrative deal, it isn’t surprising that the NBA All-Star forward stuffed his garage with <a href="https://21motoring.com/these-are-the-cars-of-nba-player-jaylen-brown/#more-45843" rel="noopener">some of the best luxury SUVs</a> in the market, as per sources.</p><h2><b>3. Audi Q5</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_audi_q5-tdi-diesel_img_2582-9-1-04588.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_audi_q5-tdi-diesel_img_2620-6-1-00132.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_audi_q5-tdi-diesel_img_2477-10-00076.webp"></figure><p><a href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2016-audi-q5-tdi-diesel/" rel="noopener">For more photos, click here</a></p><p>The cheapest car in Brown’s collection is an Audi Q5. For this respectable luxury crossover, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP paid around $43,500. While it isn’t the flashiest car in the market, the Q5 is still a lavish SUV that’s designed for a smooth driving experience for any owner. In fact, this luxury crossover should give Brown a good option for his daily errands.</p><p>The Q5 has a decent interior, which should provide the utmost comfort. Moreover, its stylish exterior oozes class and elegance. Given the features of this luxury SUV, it certainly fits the bill for the newly crowned NBA champion.</p><p>The Q5 derives its power from a 2.0-liter turbocharged petrol-4-cylinder engine. This allows it to produce 197 horsepower and 273 lb-ft of torque.</p><p>With a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, the Q5 can reach a maximum speed of 130 mph. Furthermore, in terms of acceleration, the Q5 has no problems moving from a standstill to 60 mph in <a href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2016-audi-q5-tdi-diesel/" rel="noopener">just a hair below six seconds</a>, based on sources.</p><h2><b>2. Range Rover Evoque</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USC40LRS102C021043.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USC40LRS102C021002.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USC40LRS102C021001.webp"></figure><p><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/buy/2015-Land+Rover-Range+Rover+Evoque-Autobiography__4x4_5_Door/" rel="noopener">For more photos, click here</a></p><p>Next up on this list is a Range Rover Evoque, which <a href="https://www.classic.com/m/pontiac/firebird/3rd-gen/trans-am/year-1982/" rel="noopener">retails for around $51,175</a>, as per sources. The Evoque is the second top-of-the-line SUV in Brown’s car collection. The Evoque is another ideal choice for the Celtics star.</p><p>In fact, the Evoque is also a favorite among Hollywood celebrities. NBA fans may recognize this very car from Brown’s rookie days when he discovered that it was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-isaiah-thomas-reminds-jaylen-brown-about-epic-rookie-prank">stacked by his teammates with loads of popcorn</a>.</p><p>In terms of features, the Evoque should allow the player who bagged the largest contract in NBA history to enjoy some comfortable rides while driving with style. In addition to this, the Evoque also doesn’t skimp on performance. It’s well-capable of standing out on the streets in terms of its sharp exterior combined with its top-tier performance.</p><p>The Evoque derives its power from a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine. This allows it to produce 250 horsepower and 250 lb-ft of torque. With a nine-speed automatic transmission, the Evoque can speed up to 130 mph. On the other hand, it’s capable of accelerating from a standstill to 60 mph in just under 7½ seconds.</p><h2><b>1. Porsche Macan</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_porsche_macan-turbo_20240111_164848-78906.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_porsche_macan-turbo_20240111_164947-78930.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2016_porsche_macan-turbo_20240111_165107-78951.webp"></figure><p><a href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2016-porsche-macan-turbo-9/" rel="noopener">For more photos, click here</a></p><p>Retailing for as much as $80,000, the most expensive car in Brown’s collection is the Porsche Macan. The Macan is the main attraction of Brown’s garage. Furthermore, it also rounds out the Celtics star’s garage that is dominated by top-of-the-line SUVs.</p><p>The Macan offers a ton of features that make it easy to like. While this may be a crossover SUV, the Macan can perform like a legitimate sports car. Moreover, there’s no doubt that the Macan is an instant head-turner, which should allow Brown to demand attention wherever he goes.</p><p>The Macan operates on a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 powertrain. This allows it to produce 434 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. With a seven-speed transmission, the Macan can go as fast as 164 mph, making it the fastest car in Brown’s garage. Moreover, it only needs a hair below 4½ seconds to go from a standstill to 60 mph.</p><p>Nevertheless, this is all the information that we have on Jaylen Brown’s incredible $175K car collection.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Check out Jaylen Brown’s incredible $175K car collection, with photos

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-did-jaylen-brown-throw-shade-76ers-availability-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Did Celtics’ Jaylen Brown throw shade at 76ers with availability take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Did-Jaylen-Brown-throw-shade-at-76ers-with-availability-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Did Celtics’ Jaylen Brown throw shade at 76ers with availability take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T08:20:24-08:00">December 3rd, 8:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T08:20:24-08:00">December 3rd, 8:20am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Celtics quickly turned things around following a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-vs-celtics-predictions-odds-pick-12-2-2024">rare loss on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers</a> on the road. After that defeat, the defending NBA champions clobbered the Miami Heat on Monday, 108-89.</p><p>Given that the Heat game was the second leg of a back-to-back, there <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-boston-could-sit-entire-starting-lineup-vs-heat-after-intense-cavs-game">could have been a reason for the Celtics</a> to sit out the likes of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum for rest purposes. But both stars played and saw heavy minutes to help Boston eke out its 17th win in the 2024-25 NBA season.</p><p>Following the win over Miami, Brown shared his <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1863796328607707293" rel="noopener">thoughts on playing games on consecutive nights</a></p><p>“Everybody in the whole league is no different,” Brown told reporters, per Daniel Donabedian of ClutchPoints. “So I think we just had a mindset, we’re trying to have a mindset that we come out and play real basketball, but our best before whoever’s out there as a team. Some of those moments are like some of the adversity, back-to-backs, are tough to get your body, your mind, everything ready depending on the flights. They set up the injuries, but as you are looking to do something special, those are the moments you gotta kinda like accept,” the 2024 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player added.</p><h2><b>Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s comment may have raised some eyebrows from the City of Brotherly Love</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown-on-Nov.-25-2024.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Brown may have also added a little flavor to his comment when he said: “It’s hard for teams to be great if some of the best players never play back-to-backs.”</p><p>That may or may not be a subtle shot at the Celtics’ Atlantic Division rivals Philadelphia 76ers, who have been plagued by availability issues of their best players, especially former league MVP Joel Embiid.</p><p>Embiid has played only four games in the 2024-25 NBA regular season. His constant absences are a major reason why the Sixers have become arguably the most disappointing team in the league this far, as Philly has only gone 4-14 to date. Only the Washington Wizards have fewer wins than the 76ers in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>In any case, that’s an issue Brown and the Celtics don’t have any direct stock. Boston is only focused on its own goal, which is to defend the crown it won last June.</p><p>After dealing with the Heat, the Celtics will next take on the Detroit Pistons at TD Garden for the second leg of a five-game home stand on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Did Celtics’ Jaylen Brown throw shade at 76ers with availability take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jaylen-browns-10-most-controversial-moments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown’s 10 most controversial moments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jaylen-Browns-10-most-controversial-moments.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown’s 10 most controversial moments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T14:09:47-08:00">November 26th, 2:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T14:09:47-08:00">November 26th, 2:09pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-contract-extension-hidden-detail">Jaylen Brown currently holds the record</a> as having signed the largest contract in the NBA. Although Brown had some doubters, he proved them wrong by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-instant-3-word-reaction-to-2024-nba-title-win">leading the Boston Celtics to another championship</a> with him <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-explains-shocked-reaction-to-winning-finals-mvp">named as the 2024 NBA Finals MVP</a>.</p><p>Although Brown had a big year in the NBA, it seems like the recently crowned NBA champion has collected some controversies as of late. Here is Jaylen Brown’s 10 most controversial moments, ranked.</p><h2><b>10. No left-hand jokes</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Jaylen Brown is one of the best forwards in the NBA today. But throughout the 2023-2024 season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-destroyed-nba-twitter-struggling-dribble-left-hand">NBA fans targeted Brown</a> for not being able to utilize his left hand, a head scratcher for a player of his caliber. According to reports, Brown has been <a href="https://fadeawayworld.net/jaylen-brown-beating-allegations-celtics-star-misses-5-shots-row-left-hand" rel="noopener">caught on camera</a> for his left hand’s effectiveness. In fact, Brown even lost a ball from his left hand <a href="https://fadeawayworld.net/jaylen-brown-dribble-left-kids-celtics-star-roasted-nba-fans" rel="noopener">against kids in Puerto Rico</a>.</p><h2><b>9. Throwing shade at other NBA stars not joining the Slam Dunk Contest</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown after tonight’s dunk contest: “I think, ultimately, in this media era, some players are just afraid to get turned into a meme or whatever. I wanted to come out and have fun within it and that’s what I did.”</p><p>— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/YoungNBA/status/1759066975479775360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At the 2024 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, Brown became the first All-Star to participate in the event since DeAndre Jordan in 2017. Although Brown brought some star power to the Slam Dunk Contest, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-tones-out-dunk-contest-haters-with-pledge-for-next-year">Brown left basketball fans unimpressed</a>. However, the Celtics star stood by his decision on top of throwing shade at his All-Star counterparts.</p><h2><b>8. Signing the largest contract in NBA history</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown has agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax with the Celtics, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShamsCharania</a> </p><p>This is the biggest deal in NBA history <a href="https://t.co/z6e0boJn2r">pic.twitter.com/z6e0boJn2r</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1683857023627145216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>During the 2023 offseason, Brown shocked the NBA world after signing the largest contract in NBA history. Although Brown is an All-Star caliber player, the move certainly raised some eyebrows.</p><p>In fact, NBA Twitter didn’t take the signing so lightly, increasing the population of his doubters. However, Brown proved his doubters wrong by leading the Celtics to a title with him named as the 2024 NBA Finals MVP.</p><h2><b>7. Words for Bronny James</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown said “I don’t think Bronny is a pro” 😳 <a href="https://t.co/ywavJ4mzMU">pic.twitter.com/ywavJ4mzMU</a></p><p>— BricksCenter (@BricksCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/BricksCenter/status/1813061441739759883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the ongoing offseason, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP made the headlines for the wrong reasons. While watching a Los Angeles Lakers-Celtics game in the NBA Summer League, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-nba-fans-jaylen-brown-shocking-bronny-james-allegation">Brown was caught mouthing some words</a> to WNBA star Angel Reese and Kysre Gondrezick.</p><p>Mouth readers appeared to translate Brown’s statements as a hit against Lakers rookie Bronny James, the son of LeBron James. Immediately, the reigning Finals MVP <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/07/16/jaylen-brown-bronny-james-video-responds/74423201007/" rel="noopener">defended himself against those statements</a> on social media.</p><h2><b>6. Politics and Sports</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown: 'Sport is a mechanism of control in America' <a href="https://t.co/KOWF4bZ5Fl">https://t.co/KOWF4bZ5Fl</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian_sport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guardian_sport</a></p><p>— The Guardian (@guardian) <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian/status/950702239236132865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown is easily an overachiever on and off the court with stacked accolades both in the NBA and the academe. With regards to politics, the Celtics star has never been shy about expressing his opinions. In fact, he made this polarizing statement above that certainly turned some heads.</p><h2><b>5. Retweeting an anti-vaccine stance</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🚨 BREAKING:</p><p>In COVID hearing, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pfizer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pfizer</a> director admits: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/vaccine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#vaccine</a> was never tested on preventing transmission.</p><p>"Get vaccinated for others" was always a lie.</p><p>The only purpose of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID</a> passport: forcing people to get vaccinated.</p><p>The world needs to know. Share this video! ⤵️ <a href="https://t.co/su1WqgB4dO">pic.twitter.com/su1WqgB4dO</a></p><p>— Rob Roos 🇳🇱 (@Rob_Roos) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rob_Roos/status/1579759795225198593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jaylen Brown is credible when it comes to knowledge. However, it certainly caught NBA fans off-guard when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-fans-react-to-jaylen-brown-retweeting-controversial-covid-19-vaccine-news">Brown decided to retweet</a> a post filled with controversial statements against the COVID-19 vaccine. Brown also refused to reveal his vaccination status to the public. The surprising move certainly let fans have a glimpse of Brown’s stance on the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><h2><b>4. Jaylen Brown’s caption puts him in hot water</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown, VP of the National Basketball Players Association, appears to be a fan of Israel United in Christ.</p><p>The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated IUIC as a hate group for its antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ and anti-white rhetoric. <a href="https://t.co/35EAHoyhcr">https://t.co/35EAHoyhcr</a> <a href="https://t.co/l7JgUQqKFO">pic.twitter.com/l7JgUQqKFO</a></p><p>— Andrew Esensten (@esensten) <a href="https://twitter.com/esensten/status/1594476070400495616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Back in 2022, Brown was caught under fire for his caption on social media. He seemingly retweeted a group that turned out to be Israel United in Christ. The group was reportedly supporting Kyrie Irving’s anti-Semitic actions. Angering a lot of fans, Brown clarified that he didn’t endorse the group and <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2022/11/21/jaylen-brown-says-he-doesnt-endorse-barclays-protesters-mistook-them-for-a-fraternity/#:~:text=He%20tweeted%20Sunday%20night%20that,promote%20Black%20people%20standing%20together." rel="noopener">mistakenly assumed</a> it was a fraternity group, as per sources.</p><h2><b>3. Jaylen Brown defends Kyrie Irving amidst antisemitic controversy</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown: “I don't believe Kyrie Irving is antisemitic,” </p><p>“The terms for his return, they seem like a lot, and a lot of the players expressed discomfort with the terms. He made a mistake. He posted something. There was no distinction.” </p><p>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GwashburnGlobe</a> ) <a href="https://t.co/2imvs4Pyol">pic.twitter.com/2imvs4Pyol</a></p><p>— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1589778032541458432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Speaking of anti-Semitism, Brown was one who defended his former teammate Kyrie Irving when the latter promoted content on social media that many deemed anti-Semitic. Given Irving’s controversy, it was surprising to see Brown to defend the actions of Irving.</p><p>Brown did admit that his former teammate made a mistake. As the Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association, the Celtics star even blasted Nets owner Joe Tsai <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jaylen-brown-speaks-out-against-kyrie-irvings-suspension-it-was-a-violation-of-our-cba/" rel="noopener">for Irving’s punishment</a>, as per reports.</p><h2><b>2. Staying with Donda Sports amidst Kanye West’s anti-Semitic controversy</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Interesting comments from Jaylen here to <a href="https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GwashburnGlobe</a>, but he doesn’t really distance himself from Kanye.<a href="https://t.co/FqFhdihLCL">https://t.co/FqFhdihLCL</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BostonGlobe</a></p><p>— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamHimmelsbach/status/1584680358569598976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kanye West also found himself in hot water for making statements criticized as being anti-Semitic. But despite the controversy, Brown <a href="https://nesn.com/2022/10/jaylen-brown-doesnt-condone-hurt-stays-with-donda-sports/" rel="noopener">opted to remain</a> with West’s group named Donda Sports, as per reports.</p><p>But 24 hours later, the Celtics star <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2022/10/29/jaylen-brown-donda-sports-academy-kanye-west-quote-why-he-left-support/" rel="noopener">reversed his decision</a> and cut off ties with West’s marketing agency. It was certainly one of the most controversial moves made by the Celtics star.</p><h2><b>1. Blasting Nike for his Team USA omission</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Did Nike keep Jaylen Brown off Team USA’s Olympic team? 🤔 </p><p>After Derrick White was announced as Kawhi Leonard’s replacement for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jaylen Brown has seemingly placed the blame on Nike for him not receiving an invitation to the team 👀</p><p>Since… <a href="https://t.co/60Wdns1qWg">pic.twitter.com/60Wdns1qWg</a></p><p>— Nice Kicks (@nicekicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicekicks/status/1811188184077791718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The most controversial moment happening recently surrounding Jaylen Brown is his omission from the Team USA squad bound for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Brown has been strong on his stance against Nike, opting to cover the Nike logo throughout the championship season.</p><p>Unhappy with not making the team and three Celtics teammates part of the roster, even with Kawhi Leonard begging off, Brown made sure to express his disappointment publicly.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown’s 10 most controversial moments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-browns-hilarious-response-kristaps-porzingis-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown’s hilarious response to Kristaps Porzingis’ return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Browns-hilarious-response-to-Kristaps-Porzingis-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown’s hilarious response to Kristaps Porzingis’ return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T10:50:19-08:00">November 26th, 10:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T10:50:19-08:00">November 26th, 10:50am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Boston Celtics stars Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis haven’t even played 60 games together, but that hasn’t stopped them from creating an apparent, on-court connection. That bond was on display on Monday night, as the Celtics prevailed 126-94 over the Los Angeles Clippers in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-immediate-reaction-first-game-back-injury">Porzingis’ season debut</a>.</p><p>In the second quarter of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-tie-astonishing-nba-record-with-lights-out-shooting-vs-clippers">the 32-point blowout</a>, Brown threw up a beautiful lob to Porzingis, who slammed it home to the delight of the TD Garden crowd. Despite undergoing surgery in the offseason and missing the first 17 games of the 2024-25 campaign, Porzingis finished with <a href="https://www.nba.com/game/lac-vs-bos-0022400281/box-score" rel="noopener">16 points, six rebounds, and two blocks</a> in 22 minutes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">COOKIES &amp; CREAM 🍪🥛 <a href="https://t.co/37Bk186vDQ">pic.twitter.com/37Bk186vDQ</a></p><p>— Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href="https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1861223183422030210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown, who coined the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-reveals-hilarious-nickname-kristaps-porzingis">“Cookies and Cream” nickname for his friendship with Porzingis</a>, was elated to find the Latvian big man for an alley-oop.</p><p>“As soon as I broke the line of the defense, that’s when I knew I was gonna have [Porzingis]. They weren’t gonna let me just get straight to the basket,” he recalled. “So I knew I’d have KP so I just put it up there for him and let him do the rest. But ‘Cookies and Cream’ is back! Let’s get it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown is hyped to have KP back:</p><p>“Cookies and Cream is back!” <a href="https://t.co/09tyeteKRT">pic.twitter.com/09tyeteKRT</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1861255348843098563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The reigning NBA Finals MVP posted 17 points, six rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the win. He was the sixth Celtic to put up double figures against the shorthanded Clippers.</p><h2><b>How did Kristaps Porzingis feel in his first game back?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown-and-Kristaps-Porzingis.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Although Brown’s partner in crime hadn’t played since Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals, he kept pace with everybody else on the floor. However, that doesn’t mean he didn’t feel some rust while dunking a lob from point guard Payton Pritchard.</p><p>“The Jaylen [lob], I saw it from like a mile away. I was like, ‘Ok, boom. He’s gonna throw it for sure.’ I pointed a little bit to give him the confidence that it was there,” Porzingis described. “And then as he threw it, that wasn’t as flat as the Payton one. The Payton one was crazy. I don’t even know how I got it over the rim … But, it’s part of the process—especially first game back.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Payton Pritchard with an incredible sequence leading to a Porzingis dunk. Lordy. <a href="https://t.co/bVzSLEdlpR">pic.twitter.com/bVzSLEdlpR</a></p><p>— Efrain Ramos (@BLKRZN) <a href="https://twitter.com/BLKRZN/status/1861233420396790107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Porzingis’ vertical wasn’t as impressive the second time around, yet he still got the job done. Celtics head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-joe-mazzulla-shares-honest-takeway-from-kristaps-porzingis-season-debut">Joe Mazzulla was proud of his starting center’s performance</a> and explained to the media how he makes the Green Team better in multiple areas.</p><p>“I thought he played well,” Mazzulla stated. “We were able to get back to some of our defensive versatility. Obviously, a little bit of rim protection … Offensively, [he] just really helped our spacing. It was good to get him back … To have that post presence where you can get different looks is important for us.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joe Mazzulla’s reaction to Kristaps Porzingis’ debut tonight: <a href="https://t.co/RHpFs675et">pic.twitter.com/RHpFs675et</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1861242179533906254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Monday was the closest the Celtics have been to playing at full strength all season, even with centers Al Horford and Luke Kornet sidelined. After annihilating Los Angeles, Boston is now 15-3 overall and two games behind the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers, who won an incredible 15 games in a row to start the season.</p><p>Porzingis and company will enjoy a few days of rest before hitting the road for an NBA Cup matchup with the Chicago Bulls on Friday evening. Then on Sunday, the C’s face the league-leading Cavs in what could be an exciting battle for Eastern Conference supremacy.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown’s hilarious response to Kristaps Porzingis’ return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-reveals-fired-back-timberwolves-broadcast');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jaylen Brown reveals why he fired back at Timberwolves broadcast');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown-reveals-why-he-fired-back-at-Timberwolves-broadcast.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown reveals why he fired back at Timberwolves broadcast</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T08:44:37-08:00">November 26th, 8:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T08:44:37-08:00">November 26th, 8:44am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaylen <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-calls-out-nike-giannis-energy">Brown has been more vocal off the court</a> this season, as multiple people have seemed to poke the bear with him. Brown has always been one of the more quiet players for the Boston Celtics, but he’s showing people this time around that he’s not afraid to fire back.</p><p>Recently, when the Celtics played the Timberwolves, the Minnesota broadcast seemed to be taking shots at Brown after he made five threes in the first quarter. When asked if those types of things motivate him, Brown shared that <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1861255865447108657" rel="noopener">it doesn’t bother him</a>.</p><p>“I’ve never said anything the majority of my career, I let people create the narrative for me,” Brown said. “I never talked or smiled, I kind of just let things be said. This year, people are trying to create narratives saying I’m not marketable, all different other types of stuff, I feel like it’s just fair for me to say something in return. It doesn’t bother me, I’m not really thinking of nothing, it don’t affect me, but if I point something out, I’m just pointing it out, and I move on. It doesn’t really motivate me.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on his recent posts about Nike and the Timberwolves’ broadcast: <a href="https://t.co/LXp4k7LSAX">pic.twitter.com/LXp4k7LSAX</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1861255865447108657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The best thing about Brown firing back at the critics is that he has the game to back it up, and that’s what he’s doing.</p><h2>Jaylen Brown firing back at critics this year</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s been several times this year that Jaylen Brown has fired back at people taking shots at him, and one of those moments included Nike. After the Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks faced off earlier in the season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-fires-savage-shot-at-giannis-antetokounmpo-over-fake-gesture">Jaylen Brown called Giannis Antetokounmpo childish</a> for his antics during the game.</p><p>Days later, Antetokounmpo had a 59-point game against the Detroit Pistons, and Nike made sure to acknowledge his play, while also taking a jab at Brown.</p><p>“Nothing childish about ’em. 59 for the Greek freak,” Nike posted on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>The next day, Brown responded to the tweet and called out Nike.</p><p>“Yall got weird energy,” Brown wrote.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-makes-strong-claim-about-nike-team-usa">tension between Brown and Nike</a> can go back to the summer when the Celtics star wasn’t given an invitation to the Paris Olympics after Kawhi Leonard backed out. Brown shared his thoughts on the situation at that time, posting a few emojis on social media while following it up with “[Nike] this what we doing?” The next day, Brown tweeted, “I’m not afraid of you or your resources.”</p><p>Brown may be fed up at this point, but it’s working well in the Celtics’ favor because they’re playing like they have a chip on their shoulder even though they won the championship last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics’ Jaylen Brown reveals why he fired back at Timberwolves broadcast

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He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was a great night for a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-immediate-reaction-first-game-back-injury">returning Kristpas Porzingis and the Boston Celtics</a> as they beat the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night, 126-94. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-tie-astonishing-nba-record-with-lights-out-shooting-vs-clippers">Celtics were shooting lights out from deep</a> as star Jaylen Brown spoke after the game, not only about the impact Porzingis has on the team but the volume of three-point shots that they took and ultimately made.</p><p>As a whole, Boston made a whopping 22 shots from beyond the arch compared to Los Angeles’ seven as it was highlighted by 12 made in the third quarter, <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1861223160059732042" rel="noopener">which tied an all-time NBA record</a> and broke a franchise mark. Brown after the game would state that it depends on a given night, but the team <a href="https://x.com/danield1214/status/1861256692622557304" rel="noopener">will always take what the defense gives them,</a> according to ClutchPoints’ Celtics reporter Daniel Donabedian.</p><p>“Game to game, it’s different,” Brown said. “If we get open shots, we’re not going to turn them down. Like, I thought [Kristaps Porzingis] got a lot of great shots tonight from three. We’re just going to keep playing how we play. For myself, I like to just read the game and take what the defense gives me, so we’ll see. But that’s our goal. Our goal is to get them up. Put up more shots than the other team so I think that’s definitely going to stay consistent. But when the three is not falling, I think we’ve got some other stuff to rely on and to get to to help us out a little bit.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on the Celtics’ 3-point volume:</p><p>“When we get open shots, we’re not gonna turn them down.” <a href="https://t.co/X35yyZNPiQ">pic.twitter.com/X35yyZNPiQ</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1861256692622557304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">With this Jrue Holiday triple, the Celtics tie the NBA record for 3PM in a quarter (12) and set a new franchise record 🔥<a href="https://t.co/n0KR3CcOQU">pic.twitter.com/n0KR3CcOQU</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1861223160059732042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown on Kristaps Porzingis returning </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaylen-Brown-on-Nov.-25-2024.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Brown would finish the game with 17 points on six for 11 shooting and three for seven from deep, to go along with six rebounds, four assists, and three steals.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-joe-mazzulla-shares-honest-takeway-from-kristaps-porzingis-season-debut">Porzingis making his season debut for the Celtics</a> is huge as the team looks to win a second straight championship, though his outing had some rust as he made only one of six from deep. However, he had 16 points on six for 12 shooting with six rebounds and two blocks as Brown would <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5948719/2024/11/26/celtics-clippers-kristaps-porzingis-back-from-injury/" rel="noopener">talk about the forming connection</a> they shared on a <a href="https://x.com/celtics/status/1861223183422030210" rel="noopener">lob play</a> and what he brings on the floor per The Athletic.</p><p>“They was pressuring me up the court as a ballhandler, and as soon as I broke the line of the defense, that’s when I knew I was going to have KP,” Brown said. “They wasn’t going to let me just get straight to the basket. I knew I would have KP, so I just put it up there for him and let him do the rest.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">COOKIES &amp; CREAM 🍪🥛 <a href="https://t.co/37Bk186vDQ">pic.twitter.com/37Bk186vDQ</a></p><p>— Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href="https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1861223183422030210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>“It was a pleasure to have him,” Brown continued. “His energy, his presence, was fantastic. We just gotta keep building as a team…It’s good to have that swagger, but we gotta keep our humility at the same time and treat every opponent with respect and just take care of business.”</p><p>The Celtics have a 15-3 record as they next face the Chicago Bulls Friday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown gets real on Celtics’ historic 3-point shooting

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-gets-real-payton-pritchard-6th-man-year-case');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics’ Jaylen Brown gets real on Payton Pritchard’s 6th Man of the Year case');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Jaylen-Brown-gets-real-on-Payton-Pritchards-6th-Man-of-the-Year-case.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics’ Jaylen Brown gets real on Payton Pritchard’s 6th Man of the Year case</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T04:43:42-08:00">November 26th, 4:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T04:43:42-08:00">November 26th, 4:43am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — The NBA Sixth Man of the Year trophy is named after Boston Celtics legend John Havlicek, so it’s only right that one of the early front-runners for the award is Celtics guard Payton Pritchard. And on Monday night, during a 126-94 drubbing of the Los Angeles Clippers, Pritchard showed why he deserves to take home one of the few pieces of NBA hardware.</p><p>The Celtics boast an incredible amount of talent, as they roster stars like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and just had 2018 All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-kristaps-porzingis-immediate-reaction-first-game-back-injury">Kristaps Porzingis return to the starting lineup</a>. With all those stellar players, it’s easy for bench guys to get lost in the mix.</p><p>That hasn’t been the case for Pritchard. The Oregon native hit a game-high six triples versus the Clippers and finished with 20 points, four assists, two steals, and two rebounds. His terrific plus-minus rating of plus-30 was the best of any player and proves how much the Celtics benefit from subbing him in.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Payton Pritchard relocates and finds some space for the three-ball 🔥<a href="https://t.co/DGWFwKCYJV">pic.twitter.com/DGWFwKCYJV</a></p><p>— Celtics Nation (@CelticsNationCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/CelticsNationCP/status/1861218830489657723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Less than two hours before tipoff, Brown endorsed Pritchard’s campaign for Sixth Man of the Year and commented that the backup point guard should “easily” be considered for the honor.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Easily <a href="https://t.co/RptOJAVchu">https://t.co/RptOJAVchu</a></p><p>— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCHWPO/status/1861181452412396029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Pritchard immediately proved him right, yet that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-challenges-unforeseen-superstar">didn’t come as a surprise for Brown</a>.</p><p>“I mean, it’s early in the season, but Payton’s been balling,” Brown said of his teammate’s chances for Sixth Man of the Year. “He’s been a superstar in his role all season long. He’s always been a hardworking guy that shows up early, puts his work in, but now it’s like we’re really starting to see the growth. I think Payton could be significant on any other team. He accepts his role and he has been fantastic for us.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaylen Brown on Payton Pritchard:</p><p>“It’s early in the season, but Payton has been balling. He’s been a superstar in his role… he’s always been a hardworking guy that shows up early and puts his work in. But now, you are really starting to see the growth.” <a href="https://t.co/OxCxtOfE6L">pic.twitter.com/OxCxtOfE6L</a></p><p>— Justin Turpin (@JustinmTurpin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinmTurpin/status/1861261761598390356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How has Payton Pritchard shined for the Celtics?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Payton-Pritchard.jpg"><figcaption>David Butler II-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“All season long” isn’t an exaggeration. Pritchard has played in all 18 of Boston’s games and averaged a career-high 27.3 minutes per game. As a result of this increase in playing time, the former first-round pick is averaging a career-high 14.8 points per outing and shooting over 47% from the field.</p><p>In addition, he currently boasts the sixth-most makes from 3-point land in the league. The only players who’ve drained more triples are star players or occasional starters who’ve totaled at least 559 minutes. Pritchard has not started a game during the 2024-25 regular season and has yet to log over 500 minutes.</p><p>“Anytime I’m in the game, I’m looking to get him going,” Brown revealed in his postgame presser. “Anytime he’s on the court, you know, he’s a threat. So, Payton has been balling. It’s been pretty obvious.”</p><p>The fifth-year Celtic’s abilities have been so apparent that opposing teams are taking notice. He’s getting scouted more than ever and Milwaukee Bucks coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-doc-rivers-truth-bomb-celtics-pest-killed-milwaukee">Doc Rivers even mentioned circling Pritchard’s name</a> before playing the C’s in Boston. That note didn’t amount to much because Pritchard wound up with a season-high 28 points in the win and shot a dazzling 71.4% from the floor.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch Doc Rivers as Pritchard is dribbling up the court.</p><p>He knew what was about to happen 😂 <a href="https://t.co/6k0AD7o8PJ">pic.twitter.com/6k0AD7o8PJ</a></p><p>— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorcsnow/status/1851117870874263813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Despite the Sixth Man of the Year hype surrounding him, Pritchard is still putting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUqdYLq9rEs" rel="noopener">winning above anything else</a>, per CLNS Media.</p><p>“It’s really out of my control. If I get voted for that and I get that honor, that’d be incredible. But I’m not going to chase it and go try to get stats,” Pritchard emphasized after recording his fifth 20-point game off the bench this season. “It’s more about playing winning basketball. And if I’m fortunate enough to win it through that then that’d be an honor.”</p><p>This selfless mentality helps explain why the Celtics are 15-3 and on a six-game winning streak. It also demonstrates Pritchard’s maturity. The once-disgruntled bench member is now an NBA champion with a real shot at a prestigious trophy and, most importantly, another title.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
23.9	6.0	4.7	0.3	1.3

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
23.9	6.0	4.7	0.3	1.3

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